Re: Pingus Windows Installer

[Neil Mitchell]

> > 1. Pingus won't start after the installation on WinXP, one has to start
> > it manually from its directory after the installation. (It starts after
>
> If the installer would write the installation directory into a registry
> key and someone tells us how to read that, we would know where to search
> for the data files.

Easily done but it means you can't have more than one installation per
machine. A better idea would be to get the path of the program .exe, and
then tag data on to the end of that. I can supply code to do that, but can't
compile a binary so can't test it.


> > > - You don't get to read the GPL... This is a problem as the
"ABSOLUTELY
> > > NO WARRANTY" trash also concerns the installer. I would add that for
> > > your own safety.
> We're not forced to display the GPL first for legal reasons. You need to
> this for contract "licenses". In our case a user has no right at all to
> the code (default) unless there's a license file stating something
> different. Therefore a user is forced to abide by the GPL residing in
> the directory because there's nothing else that gives him/her any rights
> to the program.

I don't think he's talking about the GPL and source code rights, that bit of
the GPL is irrelevant in this context. Its more the bit of the GPL
dislaiming a warranty - if they don't see that do they have some sort of
warranty? My understanding is "probably not", but INAL and I'm not sure.

Thanks

Neil